Council of School Attorneys
Leadership in legal advocacy for public schools...the NSBA Council of School Attorneys is a membership organization of 37 affiliate state councils, over 3,000 attorneys nationwide, who work to improve the practice of school law and prevent lawsuits against public schools.
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Council Updates
The Council is pleased to offer
Successful 403(b) Plans in School
Districts: A Comprehensive Guide for School Attorneys as an electronic publication for immediate sale and download from the eDocs Store.
Education Law Cases 2007-2008 – A helpful compilation of selected education law cases. Council members may download the electronic version of this new membership benefit now, or purchase a printed copy!
2009 School Law Seminar. Don’t miss the school law continuing legal education (CLE) event of the year! Warm breezes and blue skies await you in San Diego — make plans to attend the 2009 School Law Seminar, April 2-4, 2009 at the Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel, offering 11 hrs. of CLE including 1 hr. of ethics.
Resources
- Happy Holidays
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A holiday greeting from the NSBA Office of General Counsel and Council of School Attorneys.
- Inquiry & Analysis, December 2008
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In this issue: Changing Faces of “Stay Put”, Placing GPS Tracking Equipment on School District Vehicles, Coming Soon: Successful 403(b) Plans in School Districts: A Comprehensive Guide for School Attorneys, and more.
- Board Nomination Questionnaire
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Jan. 7, 2009 Deadline for receipt of nominations for COSA board service
- 2009 Audio Conferences Brochure [PDF 69,383kb]
Register now for the Council's latest Audio Conferences on FMLA regulations January 8 and final FERPA regulations on January 22, 2009.
- About Council Membership
In this section you will learn more about your membership benefits, learn why you should join, and more.
- Council Member Resources
Reserved for Council members, this section contains valuable membership benefits. Resources include: online newsletters, e-mail groups, the Council membership directory, database, and more.
- Council Publications
The Council of School Attorneys offers a wide variety of legal publications for sale.
- Council Seminars
Council seminars are given by and for the school law practitioner. You are assured of the highest quality program. Sign up for a Council seminar today!
- eDocs Store
The NSBA Council of School Attorneys is pleased to provide immediate access to documents through its newest web enhancement. Choose your category, select the document you want to purchase, create your account, enter your credit card information, and the document will be immediately available for download and printing!
- Legal Research: Search the Council Database
The Council of School Attorneys' online database is updated with new documents each month. It contains case notes, news clips, amicus briefs, articles published in School Law in Review, Inquiry & Analysis, Council monographs, and the School Law Practice seminar notebooks.
- Member Document Sharing
This web service allows Council of School Attorneys members to upload and share documents with other Council members. The material you upload will become part of the searchable Council database, and once placed in the database can be replaced, edited or deleted by the person submitting it.
- West’s News Links
Westlaw, a leading online legal research service, offers free summaries of education law decisions, updated daily.